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The monastery

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The monastery

Name: The monastery
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Location: Miranda Do Douro, Bragança, Portugal

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1. View of the Douro Canyon – View of the Douro River loop from Miranda do Douro

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2. The monastery – The ruin loop from Miranda do Douro

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3. View of the Douro River – View of the Douro Canyon loop from Villardiegua de la Ribera

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Hans 🌄 🌻🚐🙋‍♂️🚴🚶‍➡️

May 8, 2024

huge building and beautifully walled

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

October 16, 2024

The Episcopal Palace, where the Bishop of Miranda do Douro resided, was once an imposing construction. Today, only the arches of the old cloister remain, which have been integrated into a garden area ideal for strolling and relaxing.
The Co-Cathedral, also known as the Sé de Miranda do Douro, was built in the 16th century and served as a cathedral until 1780, when the episcopal seat was moved to Braganza. This building stands out for its Renaissance architecture and its impressive Baroque altarpiece. It also houses a locally beloved figure, the Menino Jesus da Cartolinha.

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Pacmen64 🇵🇹

April 15, 2025

The first bishops of Miranda had to live in the Castle. It was only in 1601 that construction began on the Episcopal Palace and the Seminary. When it was completed, more than a century later, its opulence was no less than that of the Cathedral, whose Renaissance style it imitated. The Palace was built around a central courtyard, surrounded by a cloister with lowered arcades, on monolithic columns. And, although badly damaged by successive fires during the 17th and 18th centuries, it was the definitive transfer of the seat of the Diocese to Bragança, in 1780, that caused it to fall into rapid ruin. The shadow of its monumentality can still be seen today in the cloister and on the portico of the Seminary. However, despite its state of ruin, its symbolic power remains because the bishops always continued to engrave their names on the respective memorial, at the entrance to the Renaissance portico of the first Episcopal Palace of the Diocese.

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